Astata unicolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Astatidae |
Genus: | Astata |
Species: | A. unicolor |
Binomial name | |
Astata unicolor Say, 1824 | |
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Astata unicolor is a species of wasp in the family Astatidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The species is sexually dimorphic, with males have black abdomens, while females are black and orange. It is a predator of Pentatomidae, including Halyomorpha halys, which is invasive to North America.
References
- ^ "Astata unicolor Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Sann, Manuela; Niehuis, Oliver; Peters, Ralph S.; Mayer, Christoph; Kozlov, Alexey; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Bank, Sarah; Meusemann, Karen; Misof, Bernhard; Bleidorn, Christoph; Ohl, Michael (2018). "Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (71). doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. PMC 5960199.
- "Astata unicolor". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Lowenstein, David M; Andrews, Heather; Rudolph, Erica; Sullivan, Ed; Marshall, Christopher J; Wiman, Nik G (2018-04-30). "Astata unicolor (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) Population in Oregon With Observation of Predatory Behavior on Pentatomidae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 111 (3): 122–126. doi:10.1093/aesa/say010. ISSN 0013-8746.
Further reading
- Biddinger, David J.; Joshi, Neelendra K. (2017). "First report of native Astata unicolor (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) predation on the nymphs and adults of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 100 (4): 809–812. doi:10.1653/024.100.0408.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Astata unicolor |
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